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Job and residential mobility in the Netherlands: the influence of human capital, household composition and location

Authors

Kristin Kronenberg

Martin Carree

Publication Date

Jan 01, 2010

Keywords

J62 - Job

Occupational

And Intergenerational Mobility

J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility

Immigrant Workers

J24 - Human Capital

Skills

Occupational Choice

Labor Productivity

R23 - Regional Migration

Regional Labor Markets

Population

Neighborhood Characteristics

Abstract

This study identifies and evaluates determinants of employees’ job and residential mobility. It examines mobility of fulltime employees in selected sectors in 2003/2004, using register data provided by Statistics Netherlands. We estimate a multinomial model of job and residential change. The results illustrate that individuals decide upon changing jobs and/or relocating by taking into account the strength of their family- and job-related ties. We also find that the prevalence of internal versus external career opportunities impedes job changes. While a high salary facilitates relocation, our findings regarding the effect of salary on interfirm mobility were inconclusive. A long commuting distance encourages (simultaneous) job and housing mobility, while being situated in the municipality of a large city encourages employees to either change jobs, or to relocate.

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